Affiliations
  • Member of the Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA)
  • Reviewer, Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema
  • Reviewer, Sightlines Journal
  • Reviewer, Screenworks
  • Adjunct Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Curtin University, 2017–2019
  • Documentary Producer, Perth Festival, 2017–2018
  • Interpreter for Takeshi Suzuki (producer, The Whispering Star), 2016
  • Review Panelist, Perth International Arts Festival, 2015–2017
  • Film & Multimedia Judge, Perth Fringe Festival, 2014–2019
  • Assistant Programmer (experimental film), Revelation International Film Festival, 2014
  • Assistant Programmer, Future Shorts WA, 2011
  • Presenter, Japanese Animation Film Festival (Consulate-General of Japan), 2012
  • Presenter, Japanese Film Festival (Consulate-General of Japan), 2009–2011
  • Director/Programmer, Cinema in a Cave, 2008–2012
Teaching Experience Please email for full teaching CV.
  • School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University, 2009–present
  • The Polly Farmer Foundation, Hedland Senior High School, 2019–2020
  • School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, 2017
  • School of Design, University of Western Australia, 2017
  • Curtin International College, 2009–2010
  • Various high-school film production workshops (John Curtin College of the Arts, Karratha Senior High School, Governor Stirling Senior High School, Cyril Jackson Senior Campus, Jon Septimus Roe Anglican Community School)
Guest Lectures, Presentations & Appearances
  • ‘Creative Research’, Creative Arts Practice, Curtin University, August 2021
  • ‘The Process as Outcome: Reflexive Cinema’, Creative Arts Practice, Curtin University, July 2020
  • ‘Slow Films’, Edith Cowan University, April 2019
  • ‘Minimalist Film from Warhol to Costa’, Edith Cowan University, September 2018
  • ‘Love Songs in Film’, Revolver, RTRFM, June 2018
  • ‘Lisandro Alonso’s La libertad’, Screen Actualities, Curtin University, March 2018
  • ‘Structural/Structuring Film’, Edith Cowan University, March 2018
  • ‘Truth and Fiction in Documentary’, Screen Actualities, Curtin University, April 2017
  • ‘This Used To Be Here’, Sightlines Conference, RMIT University, November 2016
  • Q&A with Takeshi Suzuki (producer, The Whispering Star), Luna Leederville & Cinema Paradiso, July 2016
  • ‘The War on Indirectness: The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On’, RevCon Academic Conference, North Metropolitan TAFE, July 2016
  • ‘News For Home: Sound and Music in No Encore and Three Hams in a Can’, TURA Totally Huge New Music Festival Symposium, May 2016
  • ‘WA Shorts’ panel discussion, Luna Leederville, December 2014
  • ‘Beyond Slow: The Problem of Realism in Contemporary Minimalist Cinema’, Cinematic Thinking Workshop, UNSW, November 2014
  • ‘Structural Film’, Experimental Screens, Curtin University, September 2014
  • ‘Innocence and Horror: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s House’, University of Western Australia Film Society, August 2013
  • ‘DIY Art Cinema: Pedro Costa’s In Vanda’s Room’, RevCon Academic Conference, July 2013
  • ‘Baby Shoes, Never Worn: Screenwriting with Gaps’, John Septimus Roe College, June 2013
  • ‘Mamoru Hosoda’s Summer Wars’, Japanese Animation Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, March 2012
  • ‘Isao Takahata’s Pom Poko’, Japanese Animation Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, March 2012
  • ‘Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro’, Japanese Animation Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, March 2012
  • ‘Takashi Yamazaki’s Space Battleship Yamato’, Japanese Animation Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, March 2012
  • ‘Yoshinari Nishikori’s Railways’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2011
  • ‘Fujiro Mitsuishi’s Osaka Hamlet’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2011
  • ‘Shinichi Hashimoto’s Yamakoshi: The Recovery of a Tiny Japanese Village’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, September 2011
  • ‘Rintaro’s Galaxy Express 999’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, September 2011
  • Art Film as Documentary: Lisandro Alonso’s La libertad and Los muertos’, ASPERA Conference, July 2011
  • Pollinate ‘Art of the Moving Image’ panel discussion, Propel Youth Arts, November 2010
  • ‘Yoji Yamada’s About Her Brother’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2010
  • ‘Sumio Omori’s Feel the Wind’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2010
  • ‘Takashi Yamazaki’s Always 2: Sunset on Third Street’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2010
  • ‘Tsutomu Abe’s Happy Family Plan’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2010
  • ‘Yojiro Takita’s Departures’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2010
  • ‘Kon Ichikawa’s The Makioka Sisters’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2009
  • ‘Keichi Hara’s Summer Days with Coo’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2009
  • ‘Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Still Walking’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2009
  • ‘Lee Sang-il’s Hula Girls’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2009
  • ‘Yoji Yamada’s All About Her Brother’, Japanese Film Festival, State Library of Western Australia, October 2009
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